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Not the time for long-term decisions: Baur

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
This year is not the time for investors to make bold, long-term calls, according to Principal Global Investors' Bob Baur. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney this morning, Principal Global Investors executive director ...

Magellan cracks $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
The global equities powerhouse cracked $100 billion at January end but no one at their offices is popping the champagne. Magellan reported its total funds under management as $104 billion at the end of January. Just one year ago, this number was about ...

Asia is way forward for global economy: DWS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
The doom and gloom in the global economy is starting to see the rays of light shine through in 2020 for Asia in particular, according to DWS chief investment officer, APAC Sean Taylor. Speaking to Financial Standard ahead of the Chief Economist Forum ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Latest research shows retail super funds hit back in 2019, outperforming industry super funds across the year as impact of a tough final quarter in 2018 begins to fade. New analysis from Rainmaker published by SelectingSuper shows retail super funds ...

Wealth manager promotes from within

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
The Adelaide-based arm of an accounting and advisory firm has promoted a long-term staff member to managing principal. Ben Brazier will take over the reins as managing principal at Pitcher Partners Adelaide for 2020, after 23 years with the firm, 17 ...

Chief economist update: Steady as it was, steady it will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
It could have been because it happened at the same time that the coronavirus was making the headlines, or because financial markets widely expected it, or a bit of both, but the European Central Bank's (ECB) first Governing Council meeting for 2020 ...

Meet the Sydney boutique beating Magellan's returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
A Sydney boutique started by a former Evans and Partners investor outperformed all its peers last year and it's not afraid of disclosing its stock picks. Aoris Investment Management was set up in 2017 by Stephen Arnold and runs just one fund, which ...

Chief economist update: Strength in jobs downs RBA rate cut expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
There's more bad news for us, Australians all. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will no longer cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points - to 0.5% - when it holds its first board meeting for 2020 on February 4. No Virginia, I didn't say ...

Statewide dumps executives

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
Statewide Super has terminated the employment of its chief financial officer and chief risk officer for breaching internal controls. According to Statewide Super's website, chief risk officer Kieran Netting and chief financial and operating officer ...

Viridian opens new offices

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
In some pre-holiday spending, Viridian Advisory over 20 new offices in November, and is looking to launch a mobile app in 2020, says chief executive Glenn Calder. The new locations will house advisers that Viridian picked up last year when it acquired ...